Overall housing for radiators



Feb. 10,1931. C.C.SHIPP 1,791,981-

OVERALL HOUSING FOR RADIATORS Filed Sept. 25. 1929 will] A lnmswrok Q. Clarence c.6111

4f, for/1 e ye Patented Feb. 10, 1931 UNITED STATES CLARENCE G. SI-IIQPP, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA OVERALL HOUSING FOR RADIAT'OBS i 1 Application filed September 25, 1929. Serial No. 395,012.

This invention relates to housings for .steam radiators wherein a plurality of intermediate sections are surrounded on .four

sides with a sheet metal box which is open.

at the top for the unobstructed discharge of hot air, and normally closed at the'bottom by a box base which. communicates with a wall box that extends to the outside of the building to supply fresh air to the radiator box.

the ends of the radiator beyond the housed ones whose function is to directly warm the air in the room as utilized for heating the wall and window glass areas. Heretofore these have been entirely unhoused thereby setting up erratic air currents and eddies, and throwing off too much direct radiant heat for the comfort of people sitting close to the radiator. r i

The object of this invention is to provide and bottom, to cause air from the room to be driven in below, and discharged in a unitary' column above thereby increasing the driving power and circulation of the air in the room, and heating "the cold air next to A further object is to protect children in a school room from being accidentally burnt by direct contact with the end sections,

and shielding those sitting nextt-o the radiator from the direct radiation from unhoused sections, and the object is to enhance the appearance of the radiator by enclosing all of out front joints, while still segregatingthe middle sections in a separate box.

I accomplish the above, and other objects which will hereinafter appear, by the means illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which Fig. 1, is a front elevation, and partial vertical section, of aradiator equipped with my invention; 1 I

Fig. 2, is a top plan view of same with the top grid broken awayin part; I

Fig. 3, is a vertical section on the line 3 8 of Fig. 1; and

Fig. 4, is a perspective view of a portion 50 of the box and radiator .box base, broken Other sections have been provided at the sections in a single outside housing withaway in places to show the structural details. Like characters of reference indicate like parts in the several views of the drawing.

A wall-box 5 is built into the outside wall of the building, and through this, outside air is introduced into the room to be heated and ventilated. It has the usual louvers 6. A radiator box-base 7 is formed out of sheet metal,"rectangular in shape, and comprising a front, a back, two ends and a bottom. It is divided into three compartments by the two partitions 8, 8, which extend above the'level of the box sides tofacilitate the assembly of an inner radiator box 9 which houses the intermediate radiator sections that heat the air coming in from outdoors. The box-base hasa rear sleeve extension 10 which fits telescopically on the wall box 5.

This sleeve extension 10 has an outside flange 11 through which screws or nails are driven boxes for the endsections, open at the top into 'a wood frame 12, built into the wall,'to retain the sleeve and box base in position, witlli a tight fit between the sleeveand the wal Located in thesleeve 10 is a damper 13 to control the supply of air coming in from outof-doo'rs, The damper is connected by a chain with a thermostat 1 1 located between the radiator and room wall.

Each of the two end compartments of the box-base 7 has a bottom opening 15 for the free entrance of air from below. The mid- 'dle compartment may also have an opening which is closed by a door 16.

The door is shown partly open, but it is normally closed automatically by a spring 17. The box-base ends and. partitions have round holes 18 for the passage therethrough of the radiator bosses around the steam pas sage at the bottom of the radiator, and to enable the box-base to be assembled with the radiator after the'radia'tor is set, I make the box-base in two longitudinally divided parts. The back part is first assembled and it has angle bars 19, inside at each end, by which the front part is joined to the rear one upon proper assembly, by the aid of suitable bolts, as shown.

The divided top edges of the end members and partition members are held in position Lil by channel bars 20. The channel bars 20 have bottom channels to receive the end and partition members therein, and they also have top channels. The top channels at the partitions receive the edges of the inner radiator box 9 while those at the ends receive the edges of a radiator box 21. This box 21 surrounds all of the coils of the radiator and embraces the radiator box 9 within its interior so that a j ointless and unbroken front is exposed to the public, thereby enhancing the appearance of the structure. ,The box 21 is joined to the box-base by the channel bars 20 in the manner as previously described.

The upper edges of the box 21 are finished with channel bar 23 having a top stiffening head.

A metal grid 24 has an underside flange 25. The grid rests upon the top rolls 23 to partially close the top openings to all three compartments of the radiator-box below. It is held in place by the flange 25, which telescopes in the upper end of the box 21.

It will thus be seen that the middle sections of the radiator are housed separately from the sections at each end in a manner to circulate outdoor air therethrough ,and that the end sections are also housed but in a manner which allows a free circulation of the air of the room through their housings.

lVhile I have here shown and described the best embodiment of my invention now known to me it is obvious that many changes are possible without departing from the spirit of the invention, and I therefore do not desire to be limited to that precise form shown or any more than is required by the appended claims.

I claim:

1. The combination with a steam radiator having a plurality of sections, of a box surrounding a plurality of the intermediate sections of the radiator, said box having an outdoor air supply at its lower end, sections at each end of the radiator outside of said box, and a box housing the first box and all of the sections outside thereof, open at the top of all of the radiator sections and under the sections outside of the first box.

2. The combination, with a steam radiator having a plurality of sections, of a box base in which all of the sections are assembled, said box base being divided by partitions into a major middle. compartment and two minor end compartments, the middle compartment having an outdoor air supply and the end compartments being open at the bottom and all of the compartments being open at the top, a radiator box seated on the box-base partitions and front and back sides of the box base therebetween, and means resting on the box base for enclosing sections outside 7 of the radiator box, said box and said means being open on top.

3. The combination, with a steam radiator having a plurality of sections, of a box base in which all of the sections are assembled, said box base being divided by partitions into a major middle compartment and two minor end compartments, the middle compartment having an outdoor air supply and the end compartments being open at the bottom and all of the compartments being open at the top, a radiator box seated on the box-base partitions and front and back sides of the box base therebetween, and means resting on the box base for enclosing sections outside of the radiator box, said box and said means being open on top, the box base being in two longitudinally divided parts for convenience in assembly on an installed radiator, and means for removably uniting the parts.

4. The combination with a steam radiator having a plurality of sections, middle sections of which are housed on four sides and bottom and are supplied with outdoor air at the bottom, and other sections of which are housed to form a column through which room air may pass.

5. The combination, with a steam radiator having a plurality of sections, of a wall surrounding all of the sections, open at its top and bottom, and a box within the wall enclosing a major number of the sections and open at the top and normally closed at the bottom and having lower communication with outdoor atmosphere.

6. The combination, with a steam radiator comprising'numerous sections, of a box sur' rounding all but the tops of a major portion ofthe intermediate sections, said box having an air conduit delivering outdoor air to the lower portion of the box and closures around the sections outside of the box, said last closures having openings at top and bottom for the free circulation of air.

7. A radiator box base having one or more vertical partitions, said base being in two longitudinally divided separable parts, channel bars uniting the divided ends and partitions of the box, a box seated on the box base housing all of the radiator sections, and a second box within the first seated on the channel bars of the partitions and means for from said fitting across that part of the radiator within said box.

9. The combination with a steam radiator having sections, of a Wall surrounding a plurality of said sections open at its top and bottom, and a compartment Within the Wall enclosing a number of the, sections and open at the top and normally closed at the-bottom and having lower communication With the outdoor atmosphere.

In testimony whereof I aifix my signature.

CLARENCE C. SHIPP. 

